Water-closet.



No. 845,534. PATENTED FEB. 26, 1907. F. w. DBLANOY.

WATER CLOSET. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 30,1906.

.with my improvements.

FREDERICK WM. DELANOY,

or OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

WATER-CLOSET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Iatented Feb. 26, 1907.

Application filed March 30,1906. Serial No. 308,828.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK WM. DELA- NOY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State ofCalifornia, have invented new-and useful Improvements in ater-Closets,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in water-closets and in connectionswhereby they may be set and adjusted to varying conditions oftheconnections and whereby they are permanently sealed and easilyreached f or inspection or repairs.

It consists in the combination and arrangement of parts and in detailsof construction, which will be more fully explained by reference to theaccompanying drawings, in Which Figure 1 is a vertical section of acloset Fig. 2 is ,a rear view of same.

In apparatus of this kind it is common to make the porcelain bowl with atrap and a considerable extension downwardly, which extension is fittedinto a continuing metal pipe and connected with the soil-pipe. In orderto make the various metal connections, it is usual to make what areknown as wipe joints, which joints are expensive to make and are notadjustable. In my invention I have shown means for making the properjoints at required points and means'for making the connections andadjusting them to -varying relative positions of the bowl and theconnecting-pipes.

As shown in the drawings, A is a porcelain bowl having the usual trap Band terminating at a point just below the upper bend of the trap,as'shown at 2, instead of being continued down, so as to connect withthe metal pipes below the floo'r. The bowl has the usual base or supportC. At the point 2, where connection is to be made with the metal pipe,the bowl is made with a dovetailed or undercut countersunk depression 3of larger diameter than that of the dischargepassage at 2. Within thisis fitted a rubber gasket, as 4. a

5 is a tube which is designed to form the continuation from the trap ofthe bowl, and this tube has its lower portion made cylindrical. Theupper end is made flaring or divergent, as shown at 6, and thisdivergent or flaring portion is fitted within the gasket 4, as shown.Below this gasket the exterior of the tube 5 is threaded, as shown at 7,and 8 is able thereon, so that as the lock-nut is turned it draws thetube 5 downwardly, forcing the divergent portion6 into such contactwith-the gasket 4 that the latter will be strongly compressed in thesocket 3, in which it is fitted, and a tight joint made and the pipe 5locked firmly to the bowl. Below the sleeve 5 is a second pipe 9, oflarger diameter than the sleeve 5, having an annular rim, as at 10,within which the sleeve 5 is freely slidable. Above this rim is fitted apacking, as

compress the packing and make a tight joint around the sleeve 5.

, The outside of the pipe 9 is screw-threaded, and a flange 13 isthreaded to fit. This flange the pipe 9 may be raised or depressed tofit the sleeve 5, also to fit the joint, and the parts can thus beaccommodated to varying positions of the bowl and the metal connectingparts. Thus the bowl may be set higher or lower with relation to thefloor, and the soil-pipe may also terminate at a point higher or lower,while the adjustments here shown will enable me to accurately fit theparts and make tight joints therewith.

15 represents the soil-pipe, having the enlarged end 16, within whichthe lower end of the pipe 9 is fitted.

The joint is formed between the pipes 9 and 15 by calkmg between the pie 9 and the enlarged socket 16, the lower en of the pipe 9 making aclosefit with the shoulder at the bottom of the socket and continuous withthe soilipe 15.

In or er to render these pipes and connections readily accessible, thebowl A is formed with an opening of considerable size at the lower rearportion, as shown at 17, this being possible by reason of the shortdischarge end of the bowl, and the pipes and connections 5 and 9 areexposed through this opening and readily accessible to determine thatall these joints are tight or to adjust or repair if necessar Iiavingthus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

1. In a closet, a bowl having a tra anda conical countersunk channel atthe dlscharge end of the trap, a sleeve having the upper end diverged tosubstantially fit the countersunk channel, the diameter of the channeland at 11, and. a gland or follower 12 serves to flange may rest uponthe floor, as shown at 14, and it will be seen that by means of this,

. a lock-nut fitting the screw-threads and turnalso the diameterof theupper end of the sleeve being'in excess of the diameter of thedischarge-passage of the trap whereby the inner wall of the sleeve islocated outside of v the vertical plane-of the inner wall of thedischarge-passage and the upper end of the sleeve is adapted to abut theshoulder'formed by the channel, a gasket fitting between the upper endof the sleeve and the interior of the channeLand a screw-threadedlock-nut turnsealed.

2. In a water-closet, a basin having a trap, with a terminal countersunkchannel, a tube or sleevethreaded'upon the outer side having the upperend n ade divergent to fit the countersunk channel of thebowl-discharge,the

diameter of the channel and also the diam. eter of the upper end of thesleeve being in excess of the iameter of the discharge-passage of thetrap whereby the inner wall of the sleeve is located outside ofthevertical plane ofthe inner wall of the discharge-passage and the upperend or the sleeve is adapted to abut the shoulder formed by thechannel,-a flanged gasket fittm the channel and inclosin the upper end0? the sleeve, and -a threade nut turnable upon the threads of thesleeve whereby the latter is drawn downward and the gasket compressed toform a joint.

3. In a closet, a bowl having a trap, adischarge, a sleeve andjoint-forming means between the sleeve and the trap, a tube in line withthe sleeve having an annular flange through which the lower end of thesleeve extends, a stuffing-box and gland forming a joint between thesleeve and the pipe, screwthreads formed upon the exterior of the pipe,and a threaded floor-flange engaging said threads, whereby the p'pe maybe adjusted with relation to the floor. Y

4: In a closet, a basin having a trap, a metal sleeve, an interlocking,disengageable joint formed between the u per end of the sleeve and thedischarge end of the trap, a pipe in line with the sleeve having astufhngboxand gland through which a tight and adjustable joint of thesleeve is formed, a screwthread-ed floor-flange engaging correspondingthreads upon the exterior ofthe pipe whereby the latter is adjustablewith relation to the sleeve, and a soil-pipe having a socket andjoint-forming devices at the junctlon of the two.

' 5. In a water-closet having a trap and a terminal discharge, a sleeveand a detachable joint-forming device between the sleeve and trap, asoil-pipe in line with the sleeve, and an interposed pipe-sectionforming a fixed joint with the soil-pipe, and a slidablyadjustable jointwith the sleeve, said pipe-section being externally threaded, and athreaded floor-flange engaging the threaded portion of the pipe-sectionand adjusting said section.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

Witnesses:

S. H. NoURsE, Jnssm :O. BRODIE.

' FREDERICK WM. DELANOY.

